Browse Items (61 total)

  • Creator is exactly "Washington Mills Company"

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A photograph of (left-right) Whiz Farmer, Shirley Trent Litteral, Larry Kirby, and an unknown man with flawless weaving

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A letter about a personnel change within the Fries Textile Mill.

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A letter to Dr. Wilmer Hodgson asking him to resign as mill doctor for Fries.

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A photograph of three men having a discussion on the porch of the mill.

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A letter responding to another company's attempts to collect on an alleged $2 debt.

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A photograph of an employee receiving a plaque and a statue of a bird.

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A photograph of a group of employees receiving an award.

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A photograph of a group of employees, one of whom is receiving an award. Left-right: Calvert Wilie, Jessie Jenkins, Emmet Vaughan, rest unknown.

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A page from a mill ledger recording employee contributions to the Baptist Church in Fries, which they could have deducted from their paychecks.

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A page from a mill ledger recording employee contributions to the Baptist Church in Fries, which they could have deducted from their paychecks.

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A photograph of four cheerleaders from Fries Hish School, posing on the stairs to the Town Hall.

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A contract between the mill founders and the Funks, whereby the Washington Mills Company acquired land in Fries, Va.

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A photograph of a cub scout group with their leaders. 2nd from the left, ront row, is Timmy "TT" Carico

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A document granting the Virginia Department of Highways a certain amount of land to build a maintenance road for Highway 94.

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A document granting the Virginia Department of Highways a certain amount of land to build a maintenance road for Highway 94.

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A handwritten account of a parcel of land being sold to the Washington Mills Company, and a sketch of same.

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A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the Y.M.C.A. stood.

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A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which The Washington Inn stood.

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A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the post office, barber shop, beauty shop, and insurance agency stood.

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A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the bank stood.

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A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the Brick Store Building stood.

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A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the parking lot stood.

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A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which buildings and a floodwall stood.

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A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the firehouse stood.

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A text description of several parcels of land owned by the Washington Mills Company

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A photograph of Earl Johnson, Garnett Stuart, and Ramona Johnson in front of textile machinery.

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Two facing pages from a mill ledger recording early mill employees and their families.

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Two facing pages from a mill ledger recording mill employees and their families.

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A photograph of an employee giving blood at a mill-operated blood drive.

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A taped-together collage of informal employee photograps. Top, left-right: unknown, Cox, Jones, unknown. Middle, left-right: unknown, Henry Thornton, unknown, unknown. Bottom, left-right: unknown, Hutch Stata, Walter Johnson.

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A photograph of several employees conversing near machines winding spun yarn onto bobbins for weaving.

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An image showing several mill employees using large hoses to wash waste products from the mill into the river.

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A photograph of a group of Fries residents, largely children. David Jones, 2nd from left, Mandy Hager, 4th from left, middle row.

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A formal photograph of the Fries High School football team. Back row, left-right: Mike Phipps, Don Martin, unknown, unknown, Todd Dickson, unknown, unknown, unknown, Johnny Lambert, unknown, Bill Moore, unknown, unknown, unknown, Richy Wilson, Rickā€¦

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A photograph of a mill employee posing with holiday decorations in the mill.

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The lease for the land and building in Fries for the grocery store, the rent for which was $1 per year.

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A photograph of a group of people in front of the sign for the high school in Fries, Va. Back Row, left-right: Don Martin, Rick Phipps, Mike Phipps, Ricky Wilson. Front Row, left-right: Warren Reavis, Mr. Stone, Diane Staynes, John Patterson

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A page from a mill ledger tracking maintenance work done on the mill-owned houses in Fries, Va.

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A photograph of a mill employee monitoring yarn spinning.

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A photograph of employees in line to get food in the mill cafeteria, with a "Zero Defects Our Goal" banner in the backround.

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A photograph of three children eating watermelon at a mill-sponsored event in Fries, Va.

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A letter from the mill Vice President and Mayor of Fries, allowing the Highway Department to clean up a specified piece of land.

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A photograph of Ronni Michelle Criner as "Little Miss Fries" in a town parade.

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A photograph of employees eating in the mill cafeteria, with a "Zero Defects Our Goal" banner in the backround

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A photograph of a young woman working on a machine winding bobbins.

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A page from a mill ledger recording employee contributions to the Methodist Church in Fries, which they could have deducted from their paychecks.

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A photograph of "Miss Fries High School" of 1978 and two runners-up.

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A photograph of a musical group performing at an event honoring those employees who had worked at the mill for 25 years.

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A photograph of a musical group performing at an event honoring those employees who had worked at the mill for 25 years.

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A photograph of a mill employee posing with holiday decorations in the mill.
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